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Department Of Minerals And Energy
The Department of Minerals and Energy was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and December 1975. History The department was one of several new departments established by the Whitlam government, a wide restructuring that revealed some of the new government's program. The department was dissolved shortly after the dismissal of the government in 1975. Scope Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports. According to the National Archives of Australia, at its creation, the department was responsible for: *Evaluation and balanced development of minerals and energy resources having regard to future requirements *Geodetic surveying, and the production of topographical maps, for Commonwealth purposes In June 1975, the department adopted matters from the Department of Scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of National Development (1950–1972)
The Department of National Development was an Australian government department that existed between March 1950 and December 1972, and between December 1977 and December 1979. History The Department of National Development was established in March 1950, with Richard Casey, Baron Casey as its Minister. Media reported that the new Department would plan for the supply of basic commodities, promote decentralisation and regional development and plan for the development of primary and manufacturing industries and the stimulation of housing construction. By 1969, the Department consisted of five divisions: the resources policy division; the northern development division; the Bureau of Mineral Resources; the Forestry and Timber Bureau; and the division of national mapping. The Department was one of six abolished by the Whitlam government in December 1972. It functions were split between four new departments, namely the Department of Environment and Conservation, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Scully (public Servant)
James Scully is a retired senior Australian public servant. He is best known for his time in the Australian Government trade department. Life and career Scully was the son of William Scully, a federal Labor MP and government minister. He studied English and History at the University of Sydney, going on to join the Australian Public Service in 1949, in the Department of Trade and Customs as a junior clerk. Between 1961 and 1963, Scully was Assistant Trade Commissioner in Cairo. In 1967, Scully was appointed a First Assistant Secretary in the Department of Trade and Industry, heading the trade services section. In August 1975, Scully was appointed to his first Secretary role, heading the Department of Minerals and Energy. He went on to fill the Secretary position at the Department of National Resources (1975–1977), the Department of Trade and Resources (1977–1983) and the Department of Trade (1983–1984). In 1981, he led bilateral talks on resources development with Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Public Service
The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the Government of Australia. The Australian Public Service was established at the Federation of Australia in 1901 as the Commonwealth Public Service and modelled on the Westminster system and United Kingdom's Civil Service. The establishment and operation of the Australian Public Service is governed by the '' Public Service Act 1999'' of the Parliament of Australia as an "apolitical public service that is efficient and effective in serving the Government, the Parliament and the Australian public". The conduct of Australian public servants is also governed by a Code of Conduct and guided by the APS Values set by the Australian Public Service Commission. As such, the employees and officers of the Australian Public Service are obliged to serve t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Science And Consumer Affairs
The Department of Science and Consumer Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between June and December 1975. Scope Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports. At its creation, the department's functions were: *Science and technology, including research, support of research and support of civil space research programs *Meteorology *Ionospheric prediction service *Analytical laboratory service *Patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks *Weights and measure *National standards *Consumer affairs Structure The department was a Commonwealth Public Service The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Science (1972–1975)
The Department of Science was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and June 1975. Scope Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports. According to the Administrative Arrangements Order issued 19 December 1972, at its creation, the Department was responsible for: *Science and technology, including research and support of research *Meteorology *Ionospheric prediction service *Patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks *Weights and measures Structure The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Science. The Secretary of the Department was Hugh Ennor. References Science Australia, Science Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machinery Of Government
The machinery of government (sometimes abbreviated as MoG) is the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of departments in the executive branch of government. The term is used particularly in the context of changes to established systems of public administration where different elements of machinery are created. The phrase 'machinery of government' was thought to have been first used by author John Stuart Mill in '' Considerations on Representative Government'' (1861). It was notably used to a public audience by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a radio broadcast in 1934, commenting on the role of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in delivering the New Deal. A number of national governments, including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, have adopted the term in official usage. Australia In Australia, the terms 'machinery of government changes' and 'administrative re-arrange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Australian Constitutional Crisis
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, also known simply as the Dismissal, culminated on 11 November 1975 with the dismissal from office of the Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), by John Kerr (governor-general), Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General of Australia, governor-general who then commissioned the List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition, leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party, as prime minister to hold 1975 Australian federal election, a new election. It has been described as the greatest political and constitutional crisis in Australian history. The Labor Party under Gough Whitlam came to power in the 1972 Australian federal election, election of 1972, ending 23 consecutive years of Coalition (Australia), Liberal-Country Coalition government. Labor won a majority in the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives of 67 seats to the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitlam Government
The Whitlam government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party. The government commenced when Labor defeated the McMahon government at the 1972 Australian federal election, 1972 federal election, ending a record 23 years of continuous Coalition (Australia), Coalition government. It was terminated by John Kerr (governor-general), Governor-General Sir John Kerr following the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, 1975 constitutional crisis and was succeeded by the Fraser government—the sole occasion in Australian history when an elected federal government was dismissed by the governor-general. The Whitlam government was highly controversial during its short tenure but achieved some major reforms. Formal relations with China were established, conscription laws were repealed, all remaining Australian forces were withdrawn from the Vietnam War, universal healthcare was introduced and some remaining discrim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra
Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's list of cities in Australia, largest inland city, and the list of cities in Australia by population, eighth-largest Australian city by population. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. Canberra's estimated population was 473,855. The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Aboriginal Australians for up to 21,000 years, by groups including the Ngunnawal and Ngambri. history of Australia (1788–1850), European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John the Baptist Church, Reid, St John's Anglican Church and Blundells Cottage. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenox Hewitt
Sir Cyrus Lenox Simson Hewitt (7 May 1917 – 28 February 2020) was an Australian public servant. His career in the Commonwealth Public Service spanned from 1939 to 1980, and included periods as a senior adviser and departmental secretary. His most prominent position was as secretary of the Prime Minister's Department (Australia), Prime Minister's Department during the Gorton government (1968–1971). He worked closely with Prime Minister John Gorton, although his initial appointment in place of John Bunting (public servant), John Bunting was seen as unconventional. Hewitt was also influential as secretary of the Department of Minerals and Energy (Australia), Department of Minerals and Energy during the Whitlam government (1972–1975), working under minister Rex Connor. He later served as chairman of Qantas (1975–1980). Early life Hewitt was born in St Kilda, Victoria, on 7 May 1917. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, and graduated from the University of Melbourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Science (1975–78)
Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, for example: **Departments of Colombia, a grouping of municipalities **Departments of France, administrative divisions three levels below the national government **Departments of Honduras **Departments of Peru, name given to the subdivisions of Peru until 2002 **Departments of Uruguay *Department (United States Army), corps areas of the U.S. Army prior to World War I *Fire department, a public or private organization that provides emergency firefighting and rescue services *Ministry (government department), a specialized division of a government *Police department, a body empowered by the state to enforce the law * Department (naval) administrative/functional sub-unit of a ship's company. Other uses * ''Department'' (film), a 2012 Bollywoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Bott
Lloyd Forrester Bott (8 April 1917 – 8 September 2004) was a senior Australian public servant. Early life Lloyd Bott was born on 8 April 1917 in Thornbury, Melbourne. He attended Northcote High School. Career After leaving high school, Bott qualified for the Commonwealth Public Service in 1933 and went to work in the Post Office in Sydney. He returned to Melbourne a year later and began to study at the University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Commerce, which he completed in 1948 when he returned from the Second World War, having served in the Australian Navy. After his time as a 'yachtie' based in Dartmouth, Bott joined the Department of Supply, rising to become a Deputy Secretary in the department in 1967. He was responsible for the Administration of United States space projects in Australia during the time of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. John Gorton appointed Bott Secretary of the Department of National Development in 1969. He was later Secretary of the Department of Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
